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[mumbled_truth]

[Todd woke up early today, perhaps disturbed from his sleep by the fact that something was just not right, and discovered upon waking that he was, in fact, now a she. Upon making this discovery, he opted to retreat into the spare bedroom, where he has since been hiding out... and fully intends to remain for the rest of the day. Early on, he does make the following post.]

[text post]

I'm not really feeling very well, so I think I'm going to stay in today.

I'm sure the library will be fine, of course... I just wanted to let everyone know.

That's all.


[ooc: Why yes, Todd is a girl. Replies will come from shes_mumbling]

Comments

[deadly_legacy]

[There is nothing comfortable about having to use the restroom in someone else's body, Todd. Nothing! ...Especially when it is designed...differently.]

Are you a duck? ...I knew someone who was a duck once.

1/2

[shes-mumbling.livejournal.com]

[Well that part he can relate to quite well.]

Oh, no, I'm still human.

Hang on.

[ Private ]

[shes-mumbling.livejournal.com]

[Because he doesn't need this out there any more explicitly than it already is.]

I'm a girl.

[ Private ]

[deadly_legacy]

Oh, I see. Is it your first time? [That shouldn't be a relevant question.]

[ Private ]

[shes-mumbling.livejournal.com]

[It really shouldn't. That occurs to him, though he's been here long enough that it doesn't catch him off guard.]

Yeah. It is.

[ Private ]

[deadly_legacy]

I was a boy yesterday.

Well, I was Dr. Reid yesterday. I mean, I was me, but I was in his body.

[ Private ]

[shes-mumbling.livejournal.com]

Oh-- I'm sorry.

It's odd, isn't it? I mean, you're still yourself, you just don't match up right with your body anymore. Though that sounds like it may be worse-- knowing you have another person's body, and another person in yours.

[ Private ]

[deadly_legacy]

It was strange. Like borrowing something very important to someone you barely know and being afraid to do something wrong. [Except instead of being "like" that it was exactly that.]

But I think just changing so much is odd enough. It's hard to feel like yourself.

[ Private ]

[shes-mumbling.livejournal.com]

Well, I can't think of much that's more important to somebody than their body.

Yeah, it is... I still think like me, and act like me, but... I'm just not actually myself. The mental and physical just don't match. It's just disconcerting.

[ Private ]

[deadly_legacy]

I understand. I have talked to people who changed before, and I didn't think it sounded so bad, but actually doing it was more of a shock than I was expecting. [Of course some of that was waking up in a strange bed too.]